U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas will now be Los Angeles’ voice on the most important committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Tuesday, Cárdenas was named to the prestigious House Energy and Commerce Committee, the oldest of the “authorizing committees,” where many pieces of historic legislation have been created and first debated.

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U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) called on House Republican leadership to allow more than 26,000 Californians, including thousands of Coast Guard personnel, to continue to protect our nation from outside threats by fully funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before a shutdown that would begin Friday.

Today, during remarks at a presentation organized by the Writers Guild of America, West, U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) became one of the first members of the U.S. House to publicly oppose a proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.

U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-North Hollywood) today sent a letter to President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cheryl Boone Isaacs to express his disappointment at the lack of diversity in this year’s Oscars nominees and to request a meeting between the Academy and the Congressman.

Following the initial ruling by a Texas district court, U.S. Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-San Fernando Valley) issued a statement regarding the temporary hold placed on executive orders, issued by President Obama, to protect millions of undocumented workers in this country.